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29:58A Village Next to a Million Chickens: Poland's Poultry Boom and the Residents Fighting Back
One in every five chickens eaten in the EU comes from Poland. The documentary asks what this boom means for the people who live next to the new megafarms. It follows residents in two municipalities wh
24:50Nicaragua: The Ortega-Murillo Regime Against the Catholic Church
The ARTE documentary asks what has become of Nicaraguan Catholics since the Church, which had been denouncing government abuses, came to be treated as an enemy by the regime of Daniel Ortega and his w
30:05The Rebellion Against the Smartphone: The Movement of Spanish Families for a Phone-Free Adolescence
In Spain, according to the report, 88% of 13-year-olds already have a mobile phone. This ARTE documentary follows a group of mothers, fathers, pediatricians and teachers who refuse to accept that figu
29:55Choosing Not to Have Children in France: Three Paths in the Face of Social Pressure
This ARTE report follows several people who have decided not to become parents. Yasmine, Lou and Chloé are not doing so for the same reasons: one cites freedom, another worry about the future, the thi
9:58Iceland Says "No": What the Referendum Means for the EU's Pull
In a referendum, nearly 53% of Icelanders voted against resuming membership talks with the European Union. This episode of ARTE Europe Weekly asks whether that result shows the EU is losing its appeal
7:46From Addiction to the Café Counter: Mina's Path Toward Psychology
Mina is a young Inuk woman who describes herself as lucky to be alive. "It's been a rough ride," she says. There were times she might have given up and "lose myself to my alcoholism and my drug addict
30:03Romania's Lost Places: Photographer Alex Iacob Among Ruins, Lawsuits and Rescue Attempts
The ARTE documentary starts from a question: can Romania still save its historic buildings? The answer is built from the travels of Alex Iacob, a 34-year-old Bucharest photographer who has worked in p
51:36Kukeri: The Ancient Winter Ritual That Holds Families Together in the Rhodopes
The documentary follows kukeri not as a folklore performance but as a living part of the lives of several families in the southwestern Rhodopes. The narrator describes the kukeri as a pagan winter rit
1:20:22White Power: An Investigation into the Far Right in Germany, Belgium and France
Filmed between October 2023 and August 2024, this documentary starts from an observation laid out by its narrator: our era is not merely "contaminated" by the far right, it is "overwhelmed" by it. The
9:53Ceuta, July 2026: Has European Border Control Become a Geopolitical Weapon?
In late July 2026, nearly 72,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the Moroccan coast, in under 48 hours. This ARTE report starts from that crisis, described as the most significant in C
51:29Machocracy: How Male Domination Was Built, from Prehistory to the Gym
Boys don't cry, rack up conquests, eat lots of meat, don't take care of children, beat each other up, make money, need no one and have to be very muscular. The documentary starts from this litany of c
9:38Israel Goes to the Polls on October 27: Netanyahu Faces Gadi Eisenkot
The campaign for Israel's October 27 legislative elections has begun, and it promises to be merciless. These are the first elections since the October 7 massacre, in a country at war on several fronts
29:58Vacation Under Sirens: Where Russians Holiday During the War
Is it possible to take a vacation during a war? With this question in mind, journalist Masha Borzunova, whom the Russian authorities have designated a "foreign agent," travels to the places where Russ